Newsweek's live blog is closed. Several European leaders welcomed the election of Fredrich Merz, and a strong and stable German government, which they said would help in "safeguarding Europe's ...

More RALF HIRSCHBERGER/AFP via Getty Images Merz needed a majority of 316 out of 630 votes in a secret ballot in Germany's lower house of parliament, but only received 310 votes. There will be a ...

Ralf Hirschberger/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Minutes after Friedrich Merz lost a first parliamentary vote needed to become chancellor on Tuesday morning, Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla ...

BERLIN — Friedrich Merz won lawmakers' approval to become the next German chancellor on Tuesday in a second vote in parliament, hours after an unprecedented defeat in the first round.

BERLIN (AP) — Friedrich Merz succeeded Tuesday in his bid to become the next German chancellor during a second vote in parliament, hours after he suffered a historic defeat in the first round.

A coalition deal in Germany has paved the way for conservative leader Friedrich Merz to become the country's 10th chancellor since World War II. As part of the deal, outgoing Chancellor Olaf ...

Now it’s neither. This was the central message from the chaotic transfer of power on Tuesday that saw Friedrich Merz, the conservative winner of the last election, take the helm of the world’s ...

Tobias Schwarz/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Some lawmakers suggested privately that the initial defections had been meant as personal protests — Mr. Merz has antagonized members across ...

BERLIN, May 6 (Reuters) - German conservative leader Friedrich Merz failed to secure enough parliamentary votes to become chancellor on Tuesday in a major blow that threw politics in Europe's ...

Photo: Getty Images VILNIUS: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz warned Thursday that Russia threatened security in Europe, during a visit to Lithuania to mark the formation of his country's first ...